Basenotes - Reviews by caboose

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Voleur de Roses by L'Artisan Parfumeur

The Thief of Roses, I think, has stolen the fragrance from me... For the life of me this is by far the lightest fragrance for 'staying power' I have tried to date. I must have refreshed this seven time yesterday. I would ask someone if they liked the fragrance and they said, "what fragrance? I can't smell anything..." and you know, neither could I. The only time I could smell any part of it was right after I sprayed it on but really sprayed it on.
The combination of rose & plumb is marvelous but the olde thief soon comes & steals it away because that is the last time I smelled it. If you have dry skin, I suppose, you really have to use alot and it does seem a waste since almost 1/8 of the bottle is gone in one day - and I am not even a reptelian. Wonderful fragrance if I could smell it. A wasted 115.00 - I should have taken the Ambre PrÈcieux like I started to.
caboose

22nd January, 2005.

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Cuba by Santa Maria Novella

I had the pleasure of sampling almost every Santa Maria Novella fragrance yesterday but before I got their, I had in mind three to really concentrate on. They all were very nice and for me require more time in research to decide. I chose the Acqua di Cuba which was one of the three I had been researching.
The bottle I noticed first being very clean with soft lines in sculpture with the olde world lable as finishing touchÈ and the liquid is a pale champagne colour.
Being a pipe & cigar smoker I was very curious what was in store. Well I was not disappointed.
The tobacco and leather work very well together as if they were very olde friends chatting over subjects of a by gone past. Being both secure in who they are they do not tend to overpower each other but compliment each other from the head to the heart. As the conversation moved to the base notes the leather continues and the tobacco adding a comment here and their.
Acqua di Cuba to me is an outstand fragrance but I think it will appeal more to the 40 and over crowd of ladies and gentleman.
It lasted a very long time on my dryer skin so apply accordingly.
Excellent!
Caboose/2005

14th January, 2005.

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Acqua di Cuba by Santa Maria Novella

I had the pleasure of sampling almost every Santa Maria Novella fragrance yesterday but before I got their, I had in mind three to really concentrate on. They all were very nice and for me require more time in research to decide. I chose the Acqua di Cuba which was one of the three I had been researching.
The bottle I noticed first being very clean with soft lines in sculpture with the olde world lable as finishing touchÈ and the liquid is a pale champagne colour.
Fine cigars, Cuban even do not have their respective odors ñ itís the smoke that has the complex tastes. So I was very curious what was in store. Well I was not disappointed.
The tobacco and leather work very well together as if they were very olde friends chatting over subjects of a by gone past. Being both secure in who they are they do not tend to overpower each other but compliment each other from the head to the heart. As the conversation moves to the base/end notes the leather continues and the tobacco add a comment here and their.
Acqua di Cuba to me is an outstand fragrance but I think it will appeal more to the 40 and over crowd of ladies and gentleman.
It lasted a very long time on my dryer skin so apply accordingly.
Excellent!
Caboose/2005

1st January, 2005. (Last Edited: 2nd January, 2005.)

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